[Shin Master Lan Yanqiang Professor Emperor Weber has] the lock of the sky

If God will not give him happiness, I will.

01

Winter in Uruk comes late and is an understatement.Aside from a slight increase in rain, the temperature changes are minimal enough to warrant an extra layer of clothing for most people.For the vast majority of Uruk people, winter is just a symbol that marks the time. Except for the celebration of the New Year, there is no difference between winter and other seasons.

For Kalia, winter began with a sudden exacerbation of lung disease.

Aga's mental state has been very poor since the beginning of winter.Kalia's worsening illness made him wake up in the middle of the night almost every day to feed Kalia medicine or pour water. The long-term lack of sleep made him even lack the energy to get up early every morning to go to the garden to challenge the king of Uruk who overlooked all living beings.Even on the way to the temple one day, the exhausted Aga suddenly fell to the ground and fell asleep. The priest, who thought the prince was seriously ill, fell to his knees and prayed in fright, until the prayer was interrupted by the rhythmic snoring around him. False alarm.

Kalia felt guilty because he heard from Mr. Ninazu that if children cannot keep sleeping for more than 10 hours a day, they will not grow taller in the future. Of course, Mr. Ninazu said that he picked it up by the river. Idean is now a 4-year-old orphan, but according to Kalia, Aga, who is growing up, faces equally serious problems.Thanks to the "blessing" of his periodically exacerbated lung disease, Ajia has not been able to sleep peacefully until dawn for many consecutive days.Severe dark circles hung on the face that had just seen the edges and corners for the first time, and the usually sharp and clear amethyst-colored eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of fog, and there was no trace of the usual spirit.

"I'd better free up the room next door for you to live in." Before going to bed that night, Kaliadi suggested countless times.

Your illness won't get better if I move next door.

Aga still retorted with silence, so in this confrontation, Uruk's clerk continued to lose miserably.

"It's no way to go on like this." This afternoon, after being fed a large bowl of medicine (something that looks like mud—Gilgamesh language), Kalia frowned and muttered to herself.

"Indeed, just taking medicine for temporary suppression is not the answer." Mr. Ninazu also frowned, which made his big eyes look more melancholy and sincere, "You need thorough treatment, Kalia."

If it can be cured, I don't want to cough up blood every day.Kalia looked at the incomparably sincere eyes of her colleagues and thought apologetically.He knew that his illness had dealt a serious blow to the professional self-esteem of the highly skilled Uruk imperial physician, and Ninazu had spent a lot of effort in treating his illness in the past few years.But he also clearly knew that there was no cure for this disease, and being able to persevere until now was considered a gift from the gods.

"Go to the hot springs on Mount Zagros. I've seen it. It should be effective in treating lung disease." Mr. Ninazu smiled confidently and brightly. The clay tablet of the king's seal completely deprived Kalia of the right to object: "This is the holiday edict from the king to you and Ajia."

Kalia, who didn't know whether to slander "when is it necessary to have a holiday" or "why does the king specially approve this kind of thing? Is he really free?" Kalia decided to keep silent. His claims were disinterestedly ignored.

It has been more than three years since Aga came to Uruk. The youthful young man has now grown into a tall and handsome young man.The prince from a foreign land has a sculptural handsome appearance and a calm personality, and his superb martial arts (trained in the long-term challenge to Gilgamesh) is displayed in the Uruk royal family's safari from time to time. This made Aga the object of admiration for countless noble women.Kalia noticed that recently Aga would always bring back some bouquets or exquisite trinkets. Yesterday he even accidentally bumped into a scene where a noble girl confessed to Aga, and from the calm expression of the purple-haired youth Judging from it, this situation is obviously not the first time.

Intellectually speaking, Kalia should be happy about this, because Aga, who was a hostage, was not despised or hostile, but loved by the people of Uruk from the bottom of their hearts.If Aga can really marry a noble lady from Uruk in the future, it will be the best news for both Uruk and Kish.

Rational understanding still cannot fill the sense of loss in my heart.The inexplicable unhappiness piled up little by little, and gradually filled the empty atrium.

That night he was still coughing so hard that he couldn't sleep, and Aga patted his back skillfully.The young man frowned when he wiped off the blood from the corner of his lips, and the displeasure came into his eyes, piercing his heart like a knife blade.

I don't want to be a burden to you, so don't use this expression...

Kalia recovered from the memory, as if she had made up her mind, she took the clay tablet and replied, "I see, thank you."

The eastern border of Mesopotamia is the Zagros Mountains, towering mountains known for their rich mineral deposits and hot springs.After signing the armistice agreement with Lagash, King Gilgamesh, who has always been superhumanly sensitive to treasures, immediately issued an edict to assign several hot springs on Zagros Mountain to the royal family, and then built a large number of construction projects. There are luxurious palaces and wide and smooth roads.Going to the Zagros Mountain hot springs quickly became a new way of leisure for Uruk nobles, but Kalia, who has always been diligent and busy with work, has never had that free time. Until now, he has set foot on this famous place for the first time health resort.

When they arrived at the palace, Zagros Mountain had already accumulated a thin layer of snow.Kalia, who grew up in a warm plain area since she was a child, was shocked by this magnificent silver-white world, and her smile was as bright as a child who discovered a treasure.Aga was holding his hand tightly beside him, and there was not much surprise on his handsome face.

"Have you ever seen snow before?"

"I used to come here with my father when I was a child."

The word "father" made Kalia stop talking guiltily, and the silence spread awkwardly, making the rare beauty before her eyes depressing and boring.The silvery white eyes made Kalia's eyes dry. He lowered his head and looked at their tightly clasped hands. In a trance, he felt that their relationship was like this snow-covered mountain. , The cruel reality of the gap.

The attendants of the palace lined up to welcome the two, and the grand scene made Kalia, who was used to keeping a low profile, a little at a loss.Aga, who discovered this, left the accompanying attendants and maids outside the room, and took care of Kalia's daily life as usual in the Uruk palace.When arranging the room, Kalia habitually said, "It is enough to prepare one room", and then he became stiff in embarrassment under the stunned look of the attendants.

It was already evening when all the arrangements were made, and the palace had prepared sumptuous food for them.Kalia frowned embarrassingly at the dazzling array of dishes. Most of the dishes here were on the list of "forbidden food during recuperation" given to him by Ninazu.In order not to affect Aga's interest in eating, he only took a few symbolic sips before getting up and leaving the table with a perfect and impeccable smile.

"I'll go to the hot spring first. Aga, eat slowly."

The palace of Zagros Hot Spring fully demonstrates the hedonistic outlook on life of King Uruk. The well-designed layout allows each room in the palace to have a small hot spring bath; the courtyard of the palace is directly built into an open-air hot spring pool. The well-arranged corridors and screens cleverly separate the sightlines from all directions, so that this open-air hot spring has neither the feeling of suffocation in the room nor is it completely exposed to the outside.Kalia relaxes in the warm spring water and looks up at the night sky with a wine glass.The aroma of Uruk's specialty wine overflows, and thoughts float in the intoxicating aroma, blurring the boundary between memory and reality.

No matter what era, having a vision is always a sign of a rough fate.A white elephant falling into a dream or being conceived by the Holy Spirit is a lie less credible than an oracle.No parent can be ecstatic when their child is a freak, and Kalia is unfortunately one of them.

Kalia’s original family was considered an upper-middle-class nobleman in Uruk. Although they were not considered nobles, they had no worries about food, clothing and a happy family. On the day the eldest son was born, Kalia’s father was as excited as every father waiting for the birth of a child. Tears welled up in his eyes, but the joy and excitement only lasted a second before he took over the swaddling baby.The next second he saw his child's face, the snow-white hair and one black and one white eyes turned all joy into fear.

The Uruk people of that era were extremely devout in their beliefs, and in mythology, only the god of the undead had such haggard white hair and eyes of different colors that could see the living and the dead.

One month after the child was born, Kalia's father could no longer bear the comments behind his neighbor's back. One night he took the child to the Temple of Heaven in Uruk and threw the little baby on the steps of the temple. He turned and fled, never looking at the eccentric child again.

Fortunately, Lugarbanda happened to be in the temple that day, and King Aiwuji Udi, who was about to have his first child, brought the abandoned child back to the palace; unfortunately, the person who picked up Kalia was Udi. King Luke, and soon, everyone in Uruk knew that the king had picked up an ominous child who had the appearance of a god of the dead.

An ominous star.

This is the evaluation Kalia has heard the most since she was a child.So since he was sensible, he learned to hide his whereabouts. The corners of the garden or the unknown remote palaces were all places he was so familiar with that he could no longer be familiar with.In his youth, Kalia spent more time with clay tablets, flowers, plants and trees than anyone else. Except for the brothers of the prince of Uruk and the princess who died young, he had no friends.

When Kalia was 18 years old, King Lugalbanda of Uruk died of illness, and his eldest son Gilgamesh came to the throne.At the grand enthronement ceremony, Gilgamesh insisted on asking his playmate and new secretary to stand beside the throne with Prince Diarmuid.In order to fulfill his promise to Kalia not long ago that "you can get any life you want", but the king's determination can't stop those stubborn malice, the disgusted eyes and the meaningful whispers are inseparable for a moment, gritted his teeth and persisted After Gilgamesh put on the crown, he turned pale and casually found an excuse to leave the hall. After taking a few steps, harsh words came out.

"That's an ominous disaster star, anyone who sees it with his eyes will be cursed by the undead!"

"Get rid of him, there shouldn't be such unclean people in the palace of Uruk!"

That night, Diarmuid, who had a premonition that something was wrong, found Kalia in a perennially vacant room in the palace. The slender 18-year-old youth passed out in a pool of blood, and the wound on his wrist was as shocking as the dagger in his hand. .

Kalia lowered her head and looked at her slender wrist. There was a dark scar on her pale skin. The scar became more prominent after being steamed by the hot spring, and it was as bright red as if it had never healed.

After this wrist-cutting incident, Gilgamesh ordered Kalia to follow him from morning to night, and Diarmuid searched Kalia's room carefully to ensure that he could not even get the fruit knife.Uruk's imperial physicians were skilled in medicine, and after the injury healed, there was no sequelae except for this thin scar, but the trauma of the mind was much more difficult to heal than the body.

From that day on, Kalia officially became Uruk's clerk, and from that day on, he completely gave up his wish to "have a normal life under the sun".

The audience hall in Uruk was hung with thick red curtains, and Uruk's clerks worked diligently behind the curtains. Those documents became his whole world and the only meaning of his life.

He had thought that his life would be passed peacefully like this, until the boy from Kish appeared in his life.

Kalia always remembered the first time he saw Aga in the audience hall. The boy's eyes were clear and bright, and he couldn't tolerate any dirtiness. His eyes that were too clean made him feel ashamed.But Ajia just looked at him quietly, without any disgust or fear of his strange appearance in his eyes.

In the initial relationship, Kalia was always nervous, walking on eggshells, and even at night, suffering from pain and suffocation, he was unwilling to ask the people around him for help. However, the boy's reaction after being exposed was beyond his expectation.Aga's anger was clear and direct, and the three-point worry and seven-point concern expression instantly warmed up the body covered in cold sweat.He slept very peacefully that night, and the reassuring temperature continued to radiate from the hand tightly held by the young man. Kalia felt like a homeless person who had finally found his way back. Even if his body was still tired, as long as the temperature was still there, Everything becomes less hopeless.

Not long after that, he noticed that Aga was always staring at the armor and swords displayed in the arena of the palace, with longing in his eyes.So when the king of Uruk proposed to send troops to Ur, he proposed to let Aga go to the battlefield. The boy who couldn't hide his surprise after putting on the armor was reflected in his eyes, which was so bright that even the sun seemed dim.

At that time, he just wanted to repay the boy's kindness to him, but what the boy brought him was far more than he expected.

Facing the "windmill monster" who ran out of control, when he himself gave up hope of surviving, Aga stood in front of him.The boy's slightly thin back looks like the strongest fortress, isolating all dangers.The boy's arms holding him were scarred but still firm and strong. The mixture of dust and blood smelled reassuring.At that moment, his heart was pounding like a drum, and he lowered his head in a panic, fearing that if he took another look, his eyes, which had been dry for a long time, would be flooded with tears.

No one has ever cared about him like this, and no one has ever tried to protect him with his life.

After returning to the camp at night, he helped Aga, who was covered in wounds, apply medicine. The young man untied the blood-stained armor without saying a word and sat on the bed with his back facing him. The naked shoulders and backs of the soldiers could already be seen With a unique bodybuilding silhouette, his palm dipped in wound medicine pressed Aga's well-textured back, and the moment the skin touched, his whole body trembled, and an inexplicable heat burned from the palm all the way to the cheek and then to the bottom of the heart, Burning the desires in his heart that even he himself didn't want to face up to were extremely intense.

Kalia is not an ignorant child, he knows what this throbbing is.But at the same time, he knew more clearly that Ajia should have a flawless life.He should be with the best woman to obtain the most perfect love; he should use his bravery to establish a name that no one can surpass, and his name will be passed down from generation to generation, and it will be fixed in the bard's life as a hero. in the singing.

In such a perfect life, there shouldn't be a cursed and abandoned person like him.

So he could only watch from afar, silently guarding, cautiously, secretly in love with.

—that was the only way he knew, the only way to love.

At this time, Ajia was walking towards the open-air hot spring with some light snacks, and the prince's face was so gloomy that no one should approach him along the way.There were not many dishes in the table just now that were not on Kalia's fasting list, but before he had someone replace them, Kalia had already got up and left the table, as if running for his life.Thinking of this, Ajia's face turned dark again, Kalia was too obvious to avoid him recently.As long as the eyes meet, he will turn away immediately; as soon as he approaches, he will find an excuse to hide away; at night, sleeping together is finally unavoidable, and he habitually holds Kalia's hand to vent his anger It meant, but when he woke up in the middle of the night, the thing in his hand turned into a sheet, but Kalia himself was curled up at the foot of the bed, and the space between the two was enough to stuff two more Kalia.

The young prince was very anxious, and the lack of sleep for a long time made this anxiety escalate. If this continued, he could not guarantee that he could maintain his usual calmness and patience in front of Kalia.

When Ninazu asked him to "accompany Kalia to go to the hot spring for recuperation", he agreed very simply.This is a good opportunity, the prince of Kish thought secretly, in the situation of being alone, Kalia would not have so many convenient shields to hide even if he wanted to.

Aga has never been a person who avoids problems, so he will not let Kalia escape.

—Some things, it's time to talk frankly.

"I'm coming in, Kalia." He turned around the beautifully carved screen and politely informed the people in the hot spring.But the person on the opposite side only uttered a soft nasal voice as an answer, a little surprised he took a step forward silently, the aroma of wine engulfed in the water mist made him frown instantly.

"Have you been drinking?" In my impression, Kalia has never drunk a drop of alcohol, but the young man in front of him lying on the edge of the pool topless is obviously not only drunk, but also quite drunk.

Agatha paused for a moment, put down the snack in his hand, and sighed in frustration.He envisioned many situations of "talking frankly and honestly", but the one in front of him was obviously beyond the plan.

Forget it, there is plenty of time anyway.

Drunk people are obviously not suitable to continue soaking in the hot springs. Ajia walked to the pool to pick up the paralyzed people.Kalia, who was drunk, looked up at him, with a bit of bewilderment in his strange eyes.After staring at it for a few seconds, Kalia seemed to recognize the person in front of him with a bad face, and then he showed a frank and bright smile that would never appear when he was awake.

"Aga..."

Kalia spit out these two syllables from her lips, and the not-so-clear enunciation made the familiar title bring out a bit of ambiguous charm.Aga clenched her fists tightly, turned her gaze away from Kalia's unconsciously smiling face.He felt that the smell of alcohol around him was penetrating into his body along the skin, persistently eroding the only reason left in his mind.

The sudden sound of water made him turn his head in doubt, but the next second he regretted this subconscious action: Kalia stood up from the hot spring pool, her naked/naked body was completely exposed to the air.Just before Aga was about to rush over to wrap him in clothes, Kalia had already made a move, walking towards him with soft steps on her slender legs, and the innocent smile on her face was even more alluring.

Ajia felt very bad, the hot steam surged up wave after wave, igniting clumps of scorching fires all over her body.

Kalia raised his hand, pale fingers slowly crawling up his face.For a moment Ajia felt unprecedented tension, even if he was asked to face 3 windmill monsters at the same time, he didn't think his heartbeat would be so fast.

"I like you, Aga." It was obviously the sweetest whisper, but the young man in front of him said it so bitterly, "But I shouldn't like you. You are still young, and you will definitely become a hero that will go down in history, and I..."

He stopped the following words with an imprisoned hug.

Kalia nestled in his arms, her naked body was slender and pale due to long-term illness, but her cheeks were blush from the drunkenness and the heat of the hot spring, and her beauty surpassed all the treasures he could imagine.Ajia couldn't help but worship this beauty that belonged to him with her fingers. The person in his arms closed her eyes slightly, and the long eyelashes fluttered in his palm like a butterfly's wings.

He thought of their first meeting, beyond those hostile or mocking gazes, the smile of the white-haired young man was as warm and clear as spring breeze, clearing away the depression in his heart; Trust, behind a simple sentence, is a deep affection that he can hardly bear; he thinks of the Kish-style dishes that Kalia secretly learned, and he thinks of every night haunted by nightmares, Kalia holds his hand Tell him a story, the moonlight coated his side face with a layer of elegant silver, and the gentle smile made it impossible for all nightmares to invade...

Then he gradually realized that this person had become the most special existence in his heart.He wanted to make him happy, and he wanted to use all his courage and strength to drive away the sorrow and pain of this person for many years.

May God bless him with happiness.Aga looked at the slender young man in her arms and prayed silently.

— If God will not, I will give it to him.He lowered his head, and kissed along Kalia's smooth forehead to the brow, to the trembling eyelashes, and finally, to the cool, wine-smelling lips.

I like you too.Under the slightly confused gaze of the young man, he smiled and murmured silently. (Meat Weibo)

Kalia barely woke up until noon the next day.

The sun was playing playfully on the eyelids, itching slightly, he frowned and subconsciously raised his hand to block the sun, the soreness in his whole body pulled the floating rationality back to reality, he opened his eyes, purple-haired The young man leaned against the bed and looked at him, with a subtle look on his handsome face.

"... body... okay?" Aga's voice was almost inaudible, and Kalia was startled for a moment. The memory of last night flooded into his mind, and his cheeks flushed instantly.Aga also lowered her head in embarrassment, pursing her lips tightly and apologizing.

"...Uh...not bad..." Kalia pulled a concealed smile, moved her body and wanted to sit up.Immediately, there was a sharp pain in the waist like a protest, and Aga quickly supported his weak waist, and massaged jerkyly.

"That... I'm sorry..." Feeling that the body under the palm of his hand stiffened instantly for this apology, Aga sighed and continued: "I'm sorry for treating you so roughly yesterday. But every word I said is serious. of."

Kalia's strange eyes widened suddenly, but the light of surprise disappeared like a shooting star, and when he looked up again, only the bitter and forbearing expression when he said the confession yesterday remained in his eyes.

A Jia sighed helplessly, this person who always thinks too much about everything!If he hadn't been drunk yesterday, he probably never planned to let himself hear the phrase "I like you" in his whole life.

"Aga..." The rest of the long speech was interrupted by the purple-haired young man's finger on his lips.A Jia lowered her head and approached his face, her handsome face was full of determination to move forward.

"Kalia, you don't need to speak, just nod or shake your head."

Kalia was forced to look up at those amethyst-like pupils. The distance was too close, so that every syllable of Aga was blowing on his face with ambiguous air.This made the unconscious brain almost overwhelmed, and the sounds he heard seemed to carry distant echoes.

"do you like me?"

Like a child who has been exposed as a prankster, Kalia immediately showed a nervous expression that was almost embarrassing.Ajia stared at him unrelentingly, her sharp eyes pierced all the thoughts of escaping.The time in the silence seemed extremely long, and Ajia felt a little helpless. A few hours ago, they were still having the most intimate physical contact, but a few hours later, even such a confession had to be obtained so hard.

After an unknown amount of time, Kalia lowered her gaze, and nodded slightly as if she was going to the execution ground.

"So, can I like you, protect you, and give you happiness?"

This time he couldn't wait for an answer, and the body under his palm trembled violently. He sighed and took Kalia, who was unwilling to raise his head, into his arms. Kalia bit hard while shaking uncontrollably. Pressing Aga's finger on his lips, Aga smiled and lowered his head, piously and tenderly, kissing away the teardrops on his face.

Kalia, who is gentle and will cry because of a confession; Kalia who is 9 years older than him and often regards himself as a protector, but is as innocent as a child; the person he always cares about ——His sweetheart.

From now on, I will never make you cry again.

Because we have a lot of time to get used to, get used to happiness, get used to love; get used to this kind of life, which you once thought you couldn't get.

They are still young, and life is still so wonderful.

——— Extra Story · End of Secret Love——